Hunger & Poverty Archives

Why are people hungry and poor?

Posted September 21st, 2020

Churches that have embraced Matthew 25 are committed to eradicating systemic poverty and to building God’s beloved community together.

Injustices against farmworkers decried in Week of Action webinar

Posted August 28th, 2020

Erik Nicholson sees intersectionality between this country’s history of racism against Black and brown people and the current plight of farmworkers facing health and economic challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Young Adult Volunteer Program goes virtual for 2020-21

Posted August 21st, 2020

For the first time in nearly three decades, the Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) program will be completely virtual for both national and international sites during the coming program year.

Showers and blessings

Posted August 19th, 2020

The people of First Presbyterian Church of Plano are adding blessings to the showers a local organization provides for homeless people.

Standing with the ‘essentially disposable’

Posted August 14th, 2020

The plight of Black and brown farmworkers during the global pandemic will be the focus of an Aug. 27 webinar by the Presbyterian Hunger Program and the Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People.

This church took out the pews to help feed L.A.’s hungry

Posted July 23rd, 2020

As June turned to July, Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles needed a place to store food.

New Roots continues fighting for food justice in COVID-19 era

Posted July 15th, 2020

A nonprofit rooted in the idea that fresh food is a human right continues to make an impact in the Louisville and Southern Indiana area despite the pandemic.

Guatemala mission partners focus on relief rather than reunion

Posted June 26th, 2020

The ministry of presence is important in God’s mission. Yet even when a global pandemic causes cancellation of short-term mission trips, congregations and presbyteries in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are showing care and compassion in creative and urgently needed ways from afar.

Guided by the LAMB

Posted June 18th, 2020

Congregations striving to maintain their outward incarnational focus, one of the seven marks of congregational vitality, can thrive for at least two reasons: they’re ministering to others while at the same time being ministered to.

COVID-19 helping to fuel global hunger

Posted June 15th, 2020

With the coronavirus continuing to infect scores of people daily worldwide, the number of people experiencing acute hunger is expected to skyrocket globally, and some partners of the Presbyterian Hunger Program say the economic ramifications of the pandemic already are hurting the ability of people around the globe to feed themselves and their families.